TRUGLO Replacement Fibers .060X5.5 Optic, Multiple

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Fit my Springfield-Armory XDs perfectly. Very well made so that you don't have to get extensively close to the filament to balloon the tip and lock it in. This is better because you end up with a much cleared filament in the end. Of the set of colors, green is by far the brightest. The orange is the dimmest. Red trails green only by a little and the others are just a mix between the red and orange in the power. Simple installation, simple working. First remove the old one by cutting it some how and pulling it out of both ends. Be careful to not destroy your front sight because it will look bad! We don't want that. Next, use a flame or heat source to balloon the bulb slightly at the end, at this point, I didn't cut anything off. Be careful to NOT touch the filament to your heat source or it will cook the inside of the filament. This will cause clouding, and that basically means that light will not travel through it, and rather than an fiber optic that gathers light and sends it to the ends, you are looking at green plastic sights. Don't do that. After you balloon one end, slide the whole filament, still uncut myself, into your sight hole. Mark a small amount over the edge of the sight mount. I used about 2 mm or so, it doesn't have to be large, just enough to provide material that will fill the whole once ballooned. You can score the filament at that point, then remove it from the sight. Give it a little more cutting in the score and you should be able to bend and snap it at that point. A flat cut is most unnecessary, when you heat that side it will just round off anyway. Again, not touching the filament, reinsert the filament and balloon the second end, thus locking the filament in place. If it has a little wobble, apply ever so much more heat and do so patiently, or just let it go. Finally, look through the filament and ensure it is bright and not clouded. Then, you are done! Oh, and I didn't say to clear your weapon to start this thing, but if you don't do that and end up dead, you really shouldn't have a weapon in your hand anyway.

These are great! Easy to install and are bright!

Ordered these instead of cheaper ones because Truglo has a great reputation in the sight industry. They are bright as expected and I knew they would be. I must have gotten a mistake package because the one color orange I was really looking forward to trying ended up not fitting. Instead of being .060 it was .0625 after I tried to check the rod fit and ending up whipping out the calipers to verify it. I tried the other rods and no problems. I'm not gonna bash Truglo because mistakes happen and they make great stuff. I'll most likely send them back and try another package. I'm always up for a good laugh especially when stuff like this happens to me lol.

Great product easy to install and nice and bright.